Improvement in horse hay-rakes



N. M. BARNES.

lmpr ovement in Horse Hay-Rakes.

N0. 127,295. V Patented Ma 28,1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEWOOMB M. BARNES, OF TIFFIN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAV-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,295, dated May 28, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEwcoMn M. BARNES,

.of Tiffin, in the county of Seneca and in the In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hay-rake with my stops attached. Fig.2 represents a section of the rake-head, showing the stops connected therewith.

The rake is composed of a head, E, with teeth H H, as shown. The frame of the hayrake is composed of two draft-bars, A A, connected at the front by the bar B, and provided with suitable connecting devices a a for the animal or animals. The rear ends of these bars are rigidly connected to the tops of two uprights, G C, which are placed just in the rear of the rake-head, and are provided with or form runners D for the rake. These standards 0 O are constructed and arranged with reference to the rake-head, as shown in Fig. 1, and are connected therewith by the metallic straps G G. J J are two bars which extend rearward, where they are connected together by the bar K. The front ends of these bars are pivoted to the standards 0 0. Each bar has a spring, f, on its upper side, and a stiff metallic bar, cl, on its lower side. These springs and bars extend forward and below the pivot point of the bars, and act against the stops of the rake-head. I represents the stops on the rake-head. These stops are placed on the head near the standards 0 G, and are composed of a metallic bar or casting with a stem, b, fitting in an incision made in the rake-head, and c with an exterior lapping piece, 01, which is suitbly connected to the head, the main part 1 of the stop being extended so as to act against the spring and bar on the bars J.

These metallic stops may be used either with a polygonal-shaped rake-head or with a cylindrical rake-head, and are so placed as to be at an angle with the teeth H. The springs f and bars d on the bars J J operate in connection with these stops, so as to allow the rake-head and teeth to revolve and move horizontally, as required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The stop I, provided with the shank b and exterior strap (1, and connected to the rakehead, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of" August, 1871. v

NEWOOMB M. BARNES.

Witnesses:

JNo. D. OCo NoR, A. O. BARBER. 

